His broken jaw healed, and his mind made up he should continue fighting, Eddie Wineland will return in July.

Wineland (21-10-1 MMA, 3-4 UFC) will meet Bryan Caraway (19-7 MMA, 4-2 UFC) in a bantamweight fight at UFC on FOX 16 in Chicago. UFC officials announced the fight late Thursday following an initial report from The Times of Northwest Indiana.

UFC on FOX 16 takes place July 25 at United Center in Chicago. The main card airs on FOX following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass. It is not yet known where the Wineland-Caraway fight will fall on the card.

Wineland broke his jaw in a first-round knockout loss to Johnny Eduardo a little more than a year ago at UFC Fight Night 40 in Cincinnati. He had been coming off a second-round TKO win over Yves Jabouin that had him back in the win column following an interim bantamweight title TKO loss to Renan Barao. Wineland was a 7-1 favorite, but he got caught and dropped with a right hand. A follow-up punch helped break his jaw.

Wineland’s UFC career has been an up-and-down one. The first bantamweight champion in WEC history finished his career in that promotion with four straight wins, including back-to-back “Knockout of the Night” bonuses. But he ran into tough fights in his first two UFC outings against Urijah Faber and Joseph Benavidez, both decision losses in 2011. He bounced back with a “Fight of the Night” knockout of Scott Jorgensen in June 2012, then topped Brad Pickett. Nine months later, he had his shot at Barao.

Caraway called Wineland out following a win over Erik Perez this past June, about a month after Wineland’s knockout loss to Eduardo. As far as callouts go, it wasn’t a big one – Wineland’s name was mentioned among others. But Wineland said it didn’t sit well with him, and even before he knew he’d be coming back, he was thinking about the matchup.

Caraway had back-to-back submission wins over Johnny Bedford and Perez a little more than a year apart, the former earning him a “Submission of the Night” bonus in April 2013. But this past October in Canada, he dropped a unanimous decision to Raphael Assuncao.

Caraway will have the added bonus of fighting on the same card as his girlfriend, former women’s bantamweight title challenger and ex-Strikeforce champion Miesha Tate. Tate meets Jessica Eye in a bout many believe is a title eliminator.

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